canallada
Catalan
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
canallada f (plural canallades)
- crowd of children
- dirty trick, childish prank
- Synonym: entremaliadura
Further reading
- “canallada”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kanaˈʝada/ [ka.naˈʝa.ð̞a] (most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /kanaˈʎada/ [ka.naˈʎa.ð̞a] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /kanaˈʃada/ [ka.naˈʃa.ð̞a] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /kanaˈʒada/ [ka.naˈʒa.ð̞a] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Rhymes: -ada
- Syllabification: ca‧na‧lla‧da
Noun
canallada f (plural canalladas)
- dirty trick
- Synonym: jugarreta
- 2017 July 10, “¿Qué más quieres, quieres más?”, in El Nacional[1]:
- En una conversación se oyó decir a Diosdado para justificar sus propias canalladas: “Si estando en el poder no podemos salir al exterior y ni siquiera asistir a un cine en Venezuela cómo será cuando ellos gobiernen”.
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Further reading
- “canallada”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024